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Cubs start next season approach with spring camp
By JAMES TUBB on May 28th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb There’s no rest for the wicked or the Medicine Hat Cubs. The Jr. B club welcomed 60 players to athree-day spring camp which got underway Friday night at Big Marble Go Centre with a practice and scrimmage. Cubs head coach and general manager Randy Wong said he hasn’t stopped thinking about hockey since the ... Read More »
3 responsesMedicine Hat Horseshoe club ringing up the new season
By JAMES TUBB on May 28th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Horseshoe Club will be on display this weekend. The club, located at 167 Stratton Way SE, is opening its doors Saturday and Sunday from 1-4 p.m. for all interested horseshoers. Horseshoe club treasurer/secretary Lloyd Doucette said he’s looking forward to the weekend and the opportunity to talk horseshoes with interested people ... Read More »
1 responseASAA South Zone Track and Field Championships results
By Ryan McCracken on May 27th, 2022
Results from the Alberta Schools Athletics Association South Zone Track and Field Championships, held at Medicine Hat Rotary Track on Thursday. Note: Top two finishers from each event advance to provincials in Medicine Hat, June 3-4. ——— Senior Girls results 100m dash 1 Kutsch, Kenzie Magrath 12.83 2 Chiovetta, Beatrice Medicine Hat 13.50 3 Hansen, ... Read More »
2 responsesMorrison: Glad to be back at the ballpark
By JAMES TUBB on May 27th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb It’s been a long two years but Medicine Hat Mavericks baseball is back in action. The Western Canadian Baseball League club started their mini camp Tuesday ahead of the season opener Friday in Moose Jaw against the Miller Express. It will mark the first game the Mavericks have played since the 2019 season due ... Read More »
3 responsesMedicine Hat father of boxing enshrined on sports wall of fame
By JAMES TUBB on May 27th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb A pillar of boxing in Medicine Hat was honoured in the city’s highest form Thursday night. Boxing pioneer William ‘Billy’ Lauder was inducted to the city’s sports wall of fame in a ceremony at Big Marble Go Centre. The late Lauder was instrumental in the development of the Medicine Hat Boxing Club when he ... Read More »
3 responsesWhitson excited to lead St. Francis Xavier sports academy
By JAMES TUBB on May 27th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Derek Whitson’s dreams have come true. The Canadian Paralympian living in Medicine Hat is taking on the role of sports academy teacher at St. Francis Xavier elementary school. Whitson said it’s what he’s wanted to do since he graduated. “With my sports background and my love for teaching, it’s a good mix,” Whitson told ... Read More »
2 responsesLocal HS footballer competing on national prospect stage
By JAMES TUBB on May 26th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Cole Ricken is excited to perform on the big stage this week. The Grade 11 student from Hat High is one of 70 football players taking part in the Canada Football Chat top prospects game Friday at TD Stadium in Ottawa. The game is broadcasted on TSN the following Monday and Ricken said he’s ... Read More »
3 responsesThree Hat brothers to share Mavericks dream together
By JAMES TUBB on May 26th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Medicine Hat Mavericks fans will have any easy time remembering the names of three players this summer. The Stark brothers, Nathan, Zachary and Josh, all from Medicine Hat, will be playing on the same team for the first time ever as they don the Mavericks red this season. Nathan, a right-handed pitcher, is the ... Read More »
5 responsesChallenge yourself with Conquer the Coulee course
By JAMES TUBB on May 26th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Athletes up for a challenge will look to Conquer the Coulee this weekend. Union Races is hosting Saturday its second rendition of the obstacle course race since taking ownership in 2019. Union Races owner Randy Siedlecki says organizers had a successful race last year and are looking to build off it this weekend. “We’re ... Read More »
6 responsesInside the CFL: Roughriders look to break through West finals
By GRAHAM KELLY on May 26th, 2022
As my old friend Jack Gotta used to say, “Just when the farmer thought everything was going well, “the lightning hit the outhouse.” With the CFL-CFLPA dispute still unresolved, the Saskatchewan Roughriders sit in Saskatoon awaiting further events. The Roughriders didn’t make many moves during the off-season because as GM Jeremy O’Day explained, “We have ... Read More »
1 responseColts, Hawks win, set-up provincial finals showdown
By JAMES TUBB on May 26th, 2022
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb How can you not be romantic about baseball? It’s a famous line from the baseball movie Moneyball but it also aptly describes how the Medicine Hat senior high school baseball season is wrapping up. Both the Hat High Hawks and McCoy Colts Sr. baseball teams won their semi-finals matches Wednesday night to set up ... Read More »
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